Improvement in bottle-stopples



UNITED STATES PAT vTpFr-Ion.

AUGUSTUS E. RICH, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OFONE- THIRDHIS RIGHT TO JAMES H. ORITTENDEN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN BO-TTLE-STOPPLE S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,5 12, dated October24, 1876; application filed May 29, 1876. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS E. RI0H, of Fall River, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Stopples for Soda and other Liquors put up in Bottleswith Gas, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in a metallic stopple tipped at the lower end,which is inserted in the nose of the bottle with a rubber ring, and isgrooved with horizontal and perpendicular grooves, and has transversepin and spiral spring.

The object of my invention is to stopple soda and all liquors whengas isused.

Figure l is a view of a bottle with my im proved metallic stopplesecured in it. Fig. 2

= is asection of metallic stopple and rubber stopple affixed to it.

Fig. 1A is the metallic stopple; B the rubber ring affixed to it. C Oare perpendicular wires; D D, the lever-wires; E, the bottle.

Fig. 2--A the metallic stopple; B rubber stopple or ring. Thisrubberstopple or ring is about three-quarters of an inch in thickness,and has a hole sunken in it about threeeighths of an inch deep, intowhich the end of the metallic stopple c is forced, and on which therubber is held by its elasticity. a is a metallic pin aboutthree-fourths of aninch long, which pin is surrounded by a spiralspring, 11

. Operation: The metallic stopple being constructed with transverse andhorizontal of bottling with it may be described: The metallic stopper ortop A is made a trifle smaller than the hole in the tube inbottling-machines, through which the cork is pushed in the old way, soas to allow it to pass through freely. The button on bottom of themetallic stopper is of a size to allow it to have a rubber covering, andstill pass through the machine freely, and likewise be sufficientlytight to retain the gas in bottle while being pushed through themachine. The groove or slot is made in the side of the metallic stopperor top, in order that the wire bail may be connected to' it, while theplunger, which pushes it through the machine against the gas, holds thestopper in the bottle when it is turned into the groove or slot. Thelittle pin a having a spring, 11 behind it, flies back and allows thebail to drop into the bottom of the perpendicular slot or groove; thenit springs out over the top of the wire bail, securing it to thestopper.By pushing the little pin back it allows the bail to come out of thegroove or slot, thereby disconnecting the stopple from the bail,likewise from the bottle, so that it can be again pushed through themachine as long as it may last. v

In this invention I do not confine myself to the lever-wiresfordepressing and securing the stopple. The bail G C may be turned intothe groove on top of the pin a and rest on it, and thus hold the stoppleinto the bottle. By forcing the pin a back from under the bail theelasticity of the rubber will raise the stopple out of the nose of thebottle.

What I claim is- In combination, metallic stopple A rubber ring B wires0 O D D, metallic pin A and spiral spring N, as set forth and described,for the purpose specified.

AUGUSTUS E. RICH. Witnesses:

J. F. JACKSON, Z. J. DRAKE.

